Blue Jasmine (2013)

Release date: 2013-08-23
Country: USA
Language: English
Director: Woody Allen
Production Co: Gravier Productions, Perdido Productions
Genre: Drama
Rating: 7.3/10
Length: 1h 38min

Storyline

Jasmine French used to be on the top of the heap as a New York socialite, but now is returning to her estranged sister in San Francisco utterly ruined. As Jasmine struggles with her haunting memories of a privileged past bearing dark realities she ignored, she tries to recover in her present. Unfortunately, it all proves a losing battle as Jasmine's narcissistic hangups and their consequences begin to overwhelm her. In doing so, her old pretensions and new deceits begin to foul up everyone's lives, especially her own.

Plot Keywords

riches to rags, narcissistic personality disorder, cheating husband, mental breakdown, talking to oneself, snob, narcissism, sexual harassment, tea, mental illness, flashback, tragedy, adultery, tax evasion, caught in a lie, lie, nipples visible through clothing, character name in title, color in title, plant in title

Short Review

In its basic situation can be heard the distant clang of A Streetcar Named Desire, though it's neither pastiche nor reprise, just a quietly respectful tribute.